New comet spotted: How to see SWAN25F

A new comet was officially designated as C/2025 F2 on April 8.

Soyuz MS-27 launch and docking at ISS
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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station. The MS-27 craft, decorated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, launched at 10:47 a.m. local time, according to footage broadcast by Russia?s Roscosmos space agency. The spacecraft entered orbit shortly after launch and is scheduled to dock with the Russian segment of the ISS later in the day. Onboard are Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, as well as NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. Roscosmos said the crew will conduct 50 scientific experiments before returning to Earth on Dec. 9. Roscosmos said about 2,500 tourists watched the launch in person ? a record for the site.

SpaceX launches first crew to Earth's poles
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SpaceX successfully launched the Fram2 mission Monday night at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first human spaceflight to the Earth?s polar regions.

Were they stuck? NASA’s Starliner astronauts finally weigh in

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in their first public comments since returning to Earth, tell FOX News about their thoughts when they found out their short test flight was going to be a lot longer.

NASA's Starliner astronauts: In their own words
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FOX News Channel's Bill Hemmer sits down with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to talk about their unexpectedly long mission, the Starliner capsule, and the SpaceX taxi trip home. (From America's Newsroom / FOX News Channel.)

Starliner astronauts reflect on mission
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NASA?s rescued astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, participated in a post-flight news conference from Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Williams and Wilmore both spoke about their experiences aboard the space station when their problem-plagued Starliner capsule was sent back to Earth without them.

Sunrise partial solar eclipse happens Saturday for parts of US

Cities along the I-95 corridor will see a partial eclipse, but it begins before sunrise for places such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, which leaves just a few minutes to see this celestial show before it's over.

NASA Cygnus spacecrafts returns to earth
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NASA's Cygnus successfully departed the International Space Station after being released by the robotic arm. The Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed the space station more than seven and a half months after arriving at the microgravity laboratory to deliver about 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo for NASA.

Ongoing geomagnetic storm increases chances to see Northern Lights again Wednesday

On Tuesday, aurora lights were seen as far south as Central Illinois. Northern lights are possible again on Wednesday as G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storming is forecast.

Watch: SpaceX spy satellite launch leaves otherworldly spiral in the sky

Monday’s SpaceX launch was carrying a classified satellite to space, but the secret payload was not the cause of an unusual glowing spiral seen in the skies of Europe.

How to look back on 10 billion years of cosmic history

The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission launched in 2023 with a goal of studying what is known as the "dark universe."

NJ man's lawsuit claims crew forced him out of plane bathroom, exposing his genitalia

A New Jersey man sued United Airlines and Homeland Security, claiming they forcibly removed him from a bathroom during a flight, exposing his genitalia while he was dealing with constipation.

Northern Lights likely across the north Saturday night amid Geomagnetic Storm Watch

A solar flare erupted from the sun on Friday and is zooming across space, forecast to reach Earth Saturday night and could trigger a geomagnetic storm upon arrival.

NASA spacecraft set for second close encounter with the sun—what it hopes to learn

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set for another close brush with the sun, reaching record speeds of 430,000 mph as it flies through the solar atmosphere. Scientists hope the mission will reveal new insights about the sun’s corona and the solar wind.